Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide

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opera tragédie lyrique

Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera *Iphigénie en Aulide* is an 18th-century French tragédie lyrique that reimagines the Greek myth of Iphigenia with Gluck’s reformist emphasis on dramatic expression and musical simplicity.

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Iphigénie en Aulide 0
Iphigénie en Aulide (Gluck) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf opera ⓘ
tragédie lyrique ⓘ
basedOn Greek myth of Iphigenia ⓘ
catalogueNumber Wq.40 ⓘ
composer Christoph Willibald Gluck NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains arias ⓘ
ballet music ⓘ
choruses ⓘ
recitatives ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
emphasizes dramatic expression ⓘ
musical simplicity ⓘ
featuresCharacter Achille NERFINISHED ⓘ
Agamemnon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arcas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Calchas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Clytemnestre NERFINISHED ⓘ
Diane NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iphigénie NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceCompany Paris Opéra NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Alceste NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows Gluck’s operatic reform principles ⓘ
genre tragédie lyrique ⓘ
historicalContext early phase of Gluck’s French career ⓘ
influenced later French opera ⓘ
language French ⓘ
librettist François-Louis Gand Le Bland Du Roullet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lebeau de Chaussegros de Léry NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythologicalSource Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableNumber “Par un père cruel” ⓘ
“Ô ciel! de quelle ivresse” ⓘ
orchestration classical orchestra with prominent strings and winds ⓘ
partOf Gluck’s reform operas NERFINISHED ⓘ
period 18th century ⓘ
precededBy Orfeo ed Euridice NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereDate 1774-04-19 ⓘ
premieredUnderReignOf Louis XVI NERFINISHED ⓘ
premierePlace Académie Royale de Musique, Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisher Parisian music publishers of the late 18th century ⓘ
revisedBy Richard Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ
revisionLanguage German ⓘ
revisionPremierePlace Weimar NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Greek camp at Aulis NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure three acts ⓘ
style Gluckian reform opera ⓘ
subject sacrifice of Iphigenia ⓘ
theme conflict between duty and parental love ⓘ
divine intervention ⓘ

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Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) → influenced → Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide ⓘ
subject surface form: Iphigenia in Aulis
Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck) → relatedWork → Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iphigénie en Aulide (Gluck)